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Time to be Frank
I just played in an orchestra concert that was devoted to the vocal talents of Steve Lippia. The music was bouncy, joyous, delightful swing and standard tunes that were the core of the late Frank...
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Careful What You Do Around Composers…
(Photo credit: Todd Berman) OK: here we are, a bunch of horn players sitting around the campfire (e.g.), sharing war stories on the Craziest Thing I Ever Played. My turn. I toss a stick into the fire...
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Notes from the Past (on horn playing)
When I first started playing professionally in an orchestra many years ago, some interesting things happened. Life was a little different than I had imagined before that. Everyone’s experience is...
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Notes from the Past – Part 2
Below are further transcriptions from that notebook from long ago. Keep in mind that each paragraph may not necessarily have anything to do with the one before it, that it may have been added days or...
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Notes from the Past, Part 3
(Photo credit: cloois) More notes from long ago…. The two sides of the brain interfere with each other. Therefore, a real artist (in sports or music or dance etc) has no thought because he is totally...
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Wild About Harry (Connick Jr.)
I just saved 250 bucks. Maybe more. Definitely more, if you figure in that I got paid to sit closer than the most expensive seats ($250 a pop) to that stupendous talent named Joseph Harry Fowler...
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Wagner’s Words on the Use of Valve Horns
Here’s a translation of Wagner’s notes at the beginning of the score of Tristan und Isolde regarding the use of valve horns: “The composer believes that special notice of the treatment of the horns is...
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Good Beginnings
(Photo credit: thinkmedialabs) I don’t know about you, but the toughest part of performing for me is walking on stage and getting started. I usually get to feel at home on the stage after a little...
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The 4X Solo
(Photo credit: El Bibliomata) We usually have everyone play a short solo in our weekly horn seminar after about three weeks into the semester. This semester we’re doing something new: everyone is...
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Hollywood Horns movie (trailer)
Documentary of the history of the Los Angeles film studio horn players from the 1920s through the 1960s. “Featuring …interviews with LA music legends, the film follows the development of the motion...
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Catching Up
(Photo credit: sarah_hennessey) Catch up time. Or making a first start on catching up. It’s been a busy year and getting busier, which is a feature, not a bug. I’m a big fan of doing stuff. Let’s pick...
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The 12 Days of Horn Christmas!
Enjoy! 12 Days of Horn Christmas On the First Day of Christmas, my true played for me: A Long Tone on Middle C. On the Second Day of Christmas, my true love played for me: Two Low Range Scales and...
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Horn Technique book – Slow Reveal – Contents
This first Reveal of the Table of Contents of Horn Technique: A Systematic Approach will list all the major sections: there are 48 chapters, 11 Parts, plus an Appendix of 15 additional articles, plus...
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Horn Technique – Part I contents
Horn Technique: A Systematic Approach by Jeffrey Agrell (publishing date: first quarter of 2017) Part I: Introduction: What’s What and Why Chapter 1: First things first: Definitions Chapter 2: Basis...
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Horn Technique: Part III Contents
Horn Technique by Jeffrey Agrell Part III: Music Theory meets the horn: Introduction to Valve Technique Chapter 9: Overview of valve technique Chapter 10: Basic control: valve playing preparation...
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Horn Technique: Part IV contents
Horn Technique by Jeffrey Agrell Part IV: Practice! Chapter 15: Deep practice Chapter 16: Overview of practice sessions Chapter 17: Pre-warm ups: mental and physical preparation Chapter 18: Warm-Ups:...
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